Java Programming using the Eclipse IDE Training

• You will require prior experience with the concepts of computer programming, however no experience of Java is assumed.

• Install and setup java and Eclipse IDE
• Write programs and run them from both the command line and the IDE
• Understand the basics of java programming
  • Creating objects and methods
  • Control flow within methods
  • Manipulating data
  • Access control
• Write several programs starting from the very simple command line programs through to full GUI applications
• Build basic web applications using servlets and JSPs
• Use some of the aspects of functional programming in Java 8
• Packaging up java files to use as executables
• Create JavaFX user interfaces
• Implement Test Driven Development in Java

Introduction to Java and Eclipse

• Introduction to Java
• Installing Java and Eclipse
• Creating our first project
• Running java programs from the command line and IDE

Basic Syntax

• Expressions, comments and blocks
• Variables
• Primitive Types
• Simple Maths and Logical Expressions
• Strings

Control Flow

• What is control flow?
• Conditionals
• Looping
• Nesting statements
• Debugging in Eclipse

Introduction to Objects

• What is an object
• Introduction to Java Objects
• Creating Objects
• Encapsulation
• Generating the boilerplate in eclipse

Inheritance

• Inheritance hierarchies in Java
• Abstract Classes
• Polymorphism

Interfaces

• Implementing interfaces
• Extending Interfaces

Collections and Generics

• What are collections
• Lists, Maps and Sets
• Iterating over collections
• Sorting collections
• Generics and Bounded Types

Exception Handling

• Exceptions
• The Try ... Catch ... Finally block
• Writing our own exceptions

UI / Swing and JavaFX

• AWT and Swing?
• Creating a UI
• GUI elements

Layouts

• Events
• Eclipse's WindowBuilder
• JavaFX
• JavaFX layout managers
• Creating Java UIs

Functional Programming in Java 8

• What is functional programming?
• Lambda Expressions
• Virtual Extension Methods

Java Web Applications

• What are Web Applications?
• A brief introduction to presentation and service web applications
• Creating web applications in eclipse

Packaging it all up

• Distributing software
• Creating Jar files
• Build managers

Javadoc

• What is Javadoc
• The Java API
• Writing our own documentation

Test Driven Development (TDD) – Java

• Unit testing - JUnit
• Test Driven Development
• TDD Life Cycle – Red, Green, Refactor
• The TestCase and Assert classes
• POJO class under test
• Creating and executing the test cases
• JUnit 4 annotations